Selected Topics on Improved Oil Recovery

Berihun Mamo Negash is a lecturer at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, department of Petroleum Engineering in Malaysia. He completed his BSc. degree in chemical Engineering from Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia and MSc. degree in petroleum engineering, with specialization in reservoir engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. He has taught Chemical Engineering courses at Bahir Dar University for more than 7 years.  At the same time, he was a part-time lecturer of petroleum engineering at Mekelle University for three consecutive years. His PhD study deals with application of system identification for production optimization of a reservoir. Currently, he is researching on application of machine learning to performance prediction of reservoirs that are producing under various mechanisms.
AP Dr. Sonny Irawan is an associate professor at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. He graduated with BSc. in Petroleum Engineering in 1991from Universitas Pembangunan Nasional-Jogyakarta, Indonesia. In 1997 he earned his MSc in petroleum Engineering from ITB-Bandung, Indonesia and PhD in Petroleum Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. During his early years as graduate, he worked as a drilling and production engineer in PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia (Now PT Texaco Pacific Indonesia) for four years. His research interests are in the area of drilling and drilling fluid technology, formation damage and alternative energy (geothermal and coal bed methane).
Dr. Ir. Taufan Marhaendrajana, M.Sc. teaches at Petroleum Engineering (PE) Department Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) since 2003. He received his bachelor degree from PE Department ITB in 1991. His Master and PhD degree were obtained from Texas A&M University in 1995 and 2000. He worked at WSV Schlumberger as Senior Reservoir Engineer from year 2000 to 2002. He teaches various courses for bachelor and master degree program such as production logging, reservoir fluids, and introduction on